Video: McWhorter Students Provide Heart Health Screenings

Published on February 10, 2012 by Brad Radice
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In honor of American Heart Month, Samford's McWhorter School of Pharmacy, the Birmingham area Script Your Future campaign, Dr. John O’Brien, Senior Advisor and National Field Director of the Million Hearts initiative, helped Bessemer patients recognize the importance of heart health.

Pharmacy students provided free health screenings for patients at FMS Pharmacy, a community pharmacy in Bessemer, Alabama.

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